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[The band] "has an arsenal of catchy guitar pop at it's hip. Leader Daniel Machado has a captivating voice that bends and forces itself into these marvelous nooks and crannies."
- Kevin Langston - Free Times - Columbia SC
"If memory serves, 'machado' means hatchet user. This touring Machado (and his Guitar Show) offers up hooky, electric, full-band power-pop/rock with more than a dash of snark."
- Jim Read - Connect Savannah - Savannah, GA
"Machado and his Guitar Show band are on a roll: They’ve recently finished a full-length disc to be released later in the summer, which Machado describes as 'a cohesive, chronologically arranged, auto biographical coming-of-age narrative, [and] also a snarky and secretive social pot shot at melodramatic death obsessed pop culture.' And if that weren’t enough, execs at Sub Pop caught wind of Machado’s demos and have invited him up for a tryout in the Big Apple with farm team Kanine Records, official home to indie blog faves Grizzly Bear and Oxford Collapse."
- Patrick Wall - Free Times - Columbia SC
"Clever songwriting."
- Steve Varholy - Managing Director, Programming and Operations - WXRY 99.3 Columbia, SC
"Daniel Machado and his backing companions play confident power-pop, combining Ben Folds-style direct lyrics with guitar rock." - Flag Pole - Athens GA
[Machado's latest album, Themes in American Friction] "is one of the most complete locally produced albums in recent memory" Machado's illustrated album artwork is "brilliant."
- Otis R. Taylor Jr.
- The State - Columbia, SC
[Machado's latest album, Themes in American Friction] is "sprawling", "ambitious", "chock-full of power-pop gems."
- Patrick Wall
- Free Times - Columbia, SC
Discography
Guitar Show - LP (2001)
Once Around the Sun - LP (2002)
The Beast - EP (2003)
The Ghosts of Our Childhood - LP (2004)
Art Garage Demos - EP (2005)
Themes in American Friction - LP (2008)
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Bio
Consumed by the ghosts of his ancestors, lost on a religious journey, playing in a rock and roll band:
Daniel Machado has spent every spare moment since 2001 relentlessly writing and releasing rock and roll records, specializing in thematic “rock operas” that deal with issues of heritage, religion, love, and finding stability in a postmodern world.
A multi-instrumentalist and classical violinist-turned-rocker, Machado composes and performs orchestral arrangements that juxtapose his music’s rock/pop foundations. The relationship between his clear, baritone vocals and his buzz-saw guitar work make for a similar contrast, revealing that at his core Machado is part classical composer and part big band crooner – each part hopelessly in love with rock and roll.
When not writing albums, he and his band can be found performing energetic rock shows up and down the east coast of the United States, with occasional stops in other far away lands.
Some stops include: New York NY, Chicago IL, Washington DC, Charlotte & Asheville NC, Atlanta, Athens & Savannah GA, Charleston & Greenville SC, and home base: Columbia, SC.
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